The E.U. Is Unraveling. The Capital Gets That Better Than Most

Europe is in a precarious state at the moment: Britain is fumbling toward Brexit, terrorist attacks have wreaked havoc on several cities, another economic slowdown looms. In order to combat these challenges, the European Union has been working diligently to ... Wait, what does the E.U. do, exactly?

The Capital, an ambitious novel by the Austrian writer Robert Menasse, aims to provide an answer--or at least explain why the question itself is so difficult.

Europe is in a precarious state at the moment: Britain is fumbling toward Brexit, terrorist attacks have wreaked havoc on several cities, another economic slowdown looms. In order to combat these challenges, the European Union has been working diligently to ... Wait, what does the E.U. do, exactly? The Capital, an ambitious novel by the Austrian writer Robert Menasse, aims to provide an answer--or at least explain why the question itself is so difficult.